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Dunlap, MAJ. Robert Hugo b. October 19, 1920 d. March 24, 2000World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Major, Commanding Officer, Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division. On Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, February 20-21, 1945 he led his company in a determined advance from low ground uphill toward the steep cliffs where Japanese positions were causing devastating Marine casualties. When the volume of enemy fire became too intense to advance any further, he held up his company and crawled alone approximately 200...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)Warren County Memorial Park, Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA

Harding, Abner Clark b. February 10, 1807 d. July 19, 1874Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman. A native of East Hampton, Connecticut, he and his family migrated to Plainfield, New York where he spent his formative years. His adult life involved moves to various cities where he was involved in business ventures, banking and teaching. With his subsequent reading of the law and admittance to the bar, Monmouth, Illinois became his residence and place of law practice for the remainder of his life. He was an 1848 constituent of the Illinois...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA